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Feel free to pitch the idea to congress. It will cost somewhere in the realm of trillions of dollars to invade, occupy, and rebuild North Korea. We're talking an occupation lasting decades. A full time military presence for the foreseeable future as North Korea rebuilds something resembling a functional democratic society.

Don't get me wrong, their military would get absolutely bodied in a full on shooting war with any sort of NATO-esque military coalition. But they have a sizable entrenched force with more than a few functional nuclear weapons. It would cost A LOT of lives.

So, that's the bill. If you think you can convince congress to go for it, go nuts.

If it puts the hyper racist conservatives against the conservatives who tolerate the hyper racist conservatives I'm all for it.

American conservatives are a truly pathetic culture.

Mostly the people who use it for anything other than job searches.

If you think fence sitting is the way to pull us out of the situation we're in, maybe just sit out the next few election cycles, champ.

"Because fuck you that's why" is also an acceptable answer.

Ultra pregnant.

This is the type of person that conservative culture produces.

We can stop saying "evangelical ministry" and just call them "terrorist groups" now. We don't need to abide by their pleasantries.

We can take that out of quotes, I think.

Well, a few things...

First and foremost, all authority is derived from a threat of force. Let's just get that out of the way.

Second, the "agreement" not to use that force on our own citizens has been steadily blurred by an increasingly militarized police force. What we've been seeing in terms of civil unrest in this country is the inevitable result of that. The police in this country have turned themselves into an occupying force.

Third, conservative media has been gradually instilling a desire for violence in conservative culture. They've been doing this for decades. They've been playing the same familiar tropes that enable cultures to engage in the practice of othering, which makes them ambivalent to the idea of violence being inflicted on people outside of their cultural identity.

Lastly, Trump doesn't give a shit about this, and neither do conservative representatives. Outright flagrant dishonesty is a pillar of cultural conservatism. Never believe what they are saying. They have a set of rules and protections that they apply to others, and an entirely different set that they apply to everyone else.

Breaking news from this week's edition of "No Shit..."

All the blue states should do this. Shake off the conservative parasites.

Keep them afraid.

Sad as fuck that you need expensive set pieces to maintain the facade of your self worth. If I were over here wearing a Timex I'd still be fine with who I was. Would you?

How the hell are we ever supposed to take this country seriously again?

Does that mean we can go fascist hunting in the blue states?

If you happen to be in a minority that is targeted by american conservatives, you take it as a sign that it's time to arm yourselves.

Conservative culture creates objectively worse human beings.